Chapter 239 Love is My Armor (4)_1

"It's quite simple. Jiang Chengyao's second aunt was deeply in love with her own cousin, her childhood sweetheart, before she married Jiang Chengyao's second uncle, Jiang Jungui," Jian Shichu said. "She and her cousin were first cousins once removed, sharing a close blood relation. Their love was never accepted by society and not even recognized by law. Left with no choice, they painfully parted ways, and Jiang Chengyao's second aunt married the persistently pursuing Jiang Jungui."

"First cousins once removed really can't marry, can they?" Ye Qingci said. "Intermarriage among close relatives can lead to birth defects. With so many people in the world, why fall for your own cousin?"